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On Nov. 7, 2011, James Register, a man in his 70's, tripped and fell while walking on the public sidewalk located in front of the premises of 1890 Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. According to information later provided by Register's legal counsel...

Plaintiff Carolina Judka claimed that she sustained serious personal injuries when she tripped and fell down exterior concrete stairs at an Orlando resort after walking through water in the hallway. The property was owned by defendant Lakeside Operating...

On Oct. 14, 2011, plaintiff Timothy Ahern underwent back surgery to repair a herniated disc. After 12 days, he complained of an increase in pain and was admitted to Mount Nittany Medical Center. Defendant Evan Bell, M.D., an infectious disease specialist...

On Dec. 29, 2012, Benjamin Carey, III, was riding a 2012 Dyna Wide Glide motorcycle manufactured by Harley-Davidson Motor Company Group, LLC, when defendant Martrel Dees allegedly turned into his path, causing Carey to wreck his motorcycle and suffer...

On July 27, 2013, plaintiffs Joanne and Louis Giorgi were at Camp Sacramento with their children, as they had been in previous years. This was a camp run by the City of Sacramento for families in the El Dorado National Forest. Thirteen-year-old Natalie...

On June 22, 2012, plaintiff Zetah Louis was seen at Maternal Gynerations for routine pregnancy care. She was 35 weeks pregnant, had gestational diabetes, and had a non-reactive non-stress test. A follow-up biophysical profile was performed, with an "equivocal"...

On Aug. 29, 2014, Plaintiff Louis Farese, 48, was rear-ended on Chester Pike at South Avenue, in Glenolden, PA. Farese was stopped waiting to make a left turn at the intersection when his Ford Mustang was struck by a van. The impact forced his car into...

On June 13, 2013, an explosion occurred at the Williams Geismar chemical plant near Baton Rouge, LA. The explosion, caused by an over-pressurized reboiler, resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries to hundreds of others. The plant, owned by Williams...

On Jan 6, 2012, plaintiff Carmen Huff filed an action against defendants, Mark Freeman, M.D. and Illinois Associates in Psychiatry, P.C., in the Illinois Circuit Court for Madison County, Illinois. Plaintiff, who brought the action individually and as...

Plaintiffs Mark and Patricia Hughes alleged that podiatric surgeon Dominick Sansone, DPM, was negligent when he performed a tarsal tunnel decompression surgery on Mr. Hughes on Oct. 19, 2010. Mr. Hughes had originally been injured by a pressure cleaner...

On May 23, 2014, 15-year-old minor M.D. and a 13-year-old male trespassed into a large home under construction in Palos Verdes, CA. When they heard a noise, they became scared and tried to exit the home. M.D. opened a door, stepped into a third-floor...

On Oct. 29, 2012, a multi-car tanker train derailed near Louisville, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. CSX Transportation, Inc. owned the train, and Paducah & Louisville Railway, Inc. (P&L) owned the railroad tracks. CSX and P&L hired R.J. Corman...

The largest reported police shooting settlement in Philadelphia history was recently obtained in this week's non-peer-submitted case. On April 22, 2014, plaintiff Philippe Holland was delivering pizzas in Philadelphia, PA. While he was making a delivery...

Plaintiff Pablo Aponte filed a medical malpractice action on Feb. 3, 2015, claiming that defendant Fernando Bayron, M.D., negligently perforated plaintiff's bowel during hernia repair surgery causing post-surgical infection, sepsis, fistula development...

Access Community Health Network operated a healthcare facility in Chicago, IL, that received grant money from the United States Public Healthcare Service. On Sept. 8, 2011, 15 day old P.G. presented to Access and Dr. Pamela L. Roper with a history of...

On May 14, 2008, Tiffani D. Hurst gave birth to M.A.H. in Sunrise Hospital in Clark County, NV. M.A.H. was premature (born at 6 1/2 months gestation), and received medical care from neonatologist Martin Blahnick, M.D. and Ali Piroozi, M.D. until she was...

On Nov. 1, 2013, plaintiffs Alfred Sanchez, 48, a construction worker, and Ana Maria Sanchez, 45, a part-time food service employee, were rear-ended while traveling eastbound on Interstate 10 near Yucaipa Blvd., located in Yucaipa, CA. The Sanchez vehicle...

In March of 2015, Amber Rae Johnson was hired by Stones River Medical Group, P.C., after Dr. Mark Josovitz had allegedly asked Johnson to come work at Stones River as an assistant office manager. Johnson said that during her first month of employment...

On April 12, 2011, 37-year-old plaintiff Andreas Bakopoulos was working as a diesel mechanic and pulling on a pipe wrench when he slipped on diesel fuel at Union Pacific Railroad Company's Global One Yard facility located in Chicago, IL. Plaintiff...

On Dec. 18, 2006, Vincent Smith underwent the surgical removal of hardware that had been placed in his body during a prior orthopedic surgery. The surgery was performed at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. After the surgery...

On Nov. 27, 2005, minor E.B.B., then a three-month-old infant, was brought to South Jersey Regional Medical Center by his mother Sabrina Bonilla. Bonilla told emergency room physician Dominic Diorio, M.D., that E.B.B. could not straighten his right leg...

On Dec. 4, 2013, plaintiff Barry Davis was heading eastbound in his 2007 Ford Mustang on W. Indiantown Road, in Jupiter, FL, when he was struck on the driver's side by a 2005 Kubota tractor pulling a bush hog (large lawn mower) operated by Dale A...

On May 9, 2012, Keith Williams was driving his Chevy Blazer in rainy conditions and entered from Georgia Highway 166 West onto an on-ramp to Interstate 285 North. Williams claimed the on-ramp and its storm drains were poorly maintained and water had pooled...

In the morning of Dec. 6, 2012, Seletha Gartrell arrived at the emergency room of the Aiken Regional Medical Center (ARMC) in South Carolina, suffering from severe sepsis. The sepsis developed into septic shock and shortly thereafter, she arrested, had...

On April 24, 2011, a driver employed by defendant Pizza Hut of America, LLC, ran a stop sign and drove his delivery van into oncoming traffic, into the path of plaintiff Adam Winnie’s moped. Plaintiff’s moped crashed into the Pizza Hut van...